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JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com With the giving season coming up, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is looking to put a human face – or 42 – on the hard work they do to keep children healthy.

The hospital’s 2014 brand campaign, Better Tomorrows, consists of a minimum of 42 commercials depicting real stories about real SickKids patients.

Each 30-second spot will run on a different day until Dec. 21.

“These people are so courageous, and we asked if they would let us bring a camera in to film what is sometimes a really tough moment for them,” said David Estok of the SickKids Foundation. “The whole campaign is really trying to show authentic stories about what life is like for families at SickKids.”

Each commercial begins with the day’s date and an introduction to a SickKids patient or loved one. Estok said there could be even more than the 42 spots they have scheduled.

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ON GUARD: An honour guard stands at the Old City Hall cenotaph during the Remembrance Day ceremony held Tuesday morning at the site. For more photos from the Remembrance Day ceremony, see page 5.

Peace Garden returns to Regent Park JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com The return of the Regent Park Peace Garden is a dream come true for neighbourhood group The Dreamers.

A new quiet area outside the

CRC building, at 40 Oak St., has been set up to provide a tranquil oasis where residents can sit and reflect over the impacts of violence and those from the community who have been killed or died due to accidents.

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official opening ceremony and dedication on Tuesday, Nov. 11, replaces the old Regent Park Peace Garden, which was removed as part of the Regent Park Revitalization. The area features a stone with a plaque commemorating those who

have died and pointing to a more hopeful future, plus benches and flowers.

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Inner-city issues at Regent Park Film Festival Nov. 19 to 22 For the 12th straight year, Regent Park will be home to some of the best local and international films highlighting inner-city issues.

The Regent Park Film Festival (RPFF), Toronto’s only free multicultural community film festival, has had its roots in the downtown community since 2003. Created by local residents to showcase films that reflect their own lives, it

has grown over the years to bring in a multitude of topnotch entries from outside the city.

This year’s festival will feature school programs for local students during the day from Wednesday, Nov. 19 through Friday, Nov. 21, with screenings, workshops, panel discussions and awards presentations taking place in the evenings and on Sunday,

Nov. 22.

RPFF interim executive director Elana Trainoff said there are plenty of highlights to go around.

“There’s already a lot of interest in Hope Heights, which looks at violence in the Lawrence Heights community, which is being screened on Saturday the 22nd at 2:45,” she said. “On Thursday, we’ll be hosting a discussion on

queer perspectives, looking specifically at gay rights for racialized individuals.”

Trainoff added, new this year, RPFF was partnering with York University to offer a digital activism workshop.

“People have the opportunity to come in with no experience necessary and, if they have a story they want to tell, they can work with a director, a York MSA grad student, to

learn how to tell that story in the digital space,” she said.

In addition to a selection of films covering a broad array of topics, the festival will also include short film collections, discussions on issues surrounding the LGBTQ, First Nations and other marginalized communities, and more.

Sunday’s programming will begin with breakfast before

a screening of Wadjda, a Sri Lankan film that follows the titular character as she grows up in her conservative home country.

The Regent Park Film Festival takes place at Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas St. E., from Wednesday, Nov. 19 through Sunday, Nov. 22.

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Harbord Collegiate ‘remembers’ three more First World War vets

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JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com While Harbord Collegiate always pays tribute to the men and women who have served in Canada’s military – with a special nod to those Harbord students and alumni who have paid the ultimate sacrifice – this year’s Remembrance Day ceremony was even more special than most.

Harbord added three new names to its war monument this Nov. 11 with the uncovering of three additional former Harbord students who were killed during the First World War. Lt. Myer Tutzer Cohen, Lt. Col. Thomas Craik Irving and Lt. Walter Howard Curry had their names added to a plaque on the school’s memorial statue, known affectionately as “Our Soldier.”

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Sapper Joe Daponte of 32 Combat Engineer Regiment, foreground, and Sgt. (Ret.) Bill Carlisle, president of the Toronto Black Watch Association, stand at attention before the Harbord Collegiate war memorial during a Remembrance Day event on Tuesday.

to remember the fallen heroes who have paid the ultimate sacrifice: the loss of their lives,” said Harbord principal Vince Meade at the ceremony. “Specifically, we are

remembering three soldiers who were lost to us and who have now been found.”

The three soldiers’ connections to Harbord came to light over the past year,

all from different sources.

Harbord has honoured 75 former students who died in the First World War on the Our Soldier monument for years, with the additions of Lt. Cohen, Lt, Col. Irving and Lt. Curry bringing that number up to 78.

The statue itself was erected in 1921, two years after the war ended thanks to funds raised by students and staff members at the time.

Meade said the addition of the names showed that “100 years later, we still remember them and are bringing them home by adding their names

to our memorial.”

Syd Moscoe of the Harbord Club, the school’s alumni association, pointed out the 78 soldiers named on the statue represented only a fraction of Harbord’s contribution to the war effort.

“In the First World War, Harbord sent over 500 students and staff to serve,” he said.

Wreaths were placed at the foot of the statue from various student groups, along with three wreaths to commemorate the three long-lost soldiers whose names were added.

Maj. (Retired) Michael Boire addressed the students at the ceremony, impressing upon them the fact they must live in a way that honours the legacy of those who have fought to maintain freedom around the world.

“You are an old and a wellknown and highly-respected

school in this town, in this province and in this country,” he said. “Always remember that freedom isn’t free.”

The importance of the sacrifices made by the soldiers was not lost on Harbord students.

“It’s very special to have found the three (additional) soldiers because we need to honour all the people who sacrificed to fight in the war,” said Grade 10 student Josh Biderman.

Fellow Grade 10 student Noah Dreyfuss concurred, adding that recognizing Harbord students who lost their lives in the war gave the ceremony added significance.

“It’s something that’s really close to us because if we had been around at that time, we would have been going off to war,” he said.

‘D-Day Dodger’ had equally tough battle serving in Allied invasion of Italy JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Youngsters between grades four and eight at midtown To ro n t o’s Ou r L a d y o f Perpetual Help Catholic School got a first-hand account of the perils of war thanks to a special visit from Second World War veteran John (Jack) A. Rhind on Monday.

Rhind served with the Royal Canadian Artillery in 1943, battling through tough conditions at the battle of Monte Cassino (Italy) in early 1944 and continuing on even after the D-Day invasion of France in June of 1944.

“We had just got past Cassino then (when D-Day came) and we fought for a l m o s t a n o t h e r y e a r,” he recalled. “Some guy nicknamed us the D-Day Dodgers.”

Rhind, who described

himself as a “kind of wetbehind-the ears Rosedale kid” when he first went off to war, noted his unit was responsible for bringing “25 pounders,” massive artillery guns that provided cover fire while knocking out enemy footholds.

Despite their heavy fire, theirs was a position of great peril. Making matters more difficult, the enemy also had artillery units, along with better positioning.

“We spent seven weeks at the foot of Monte Cassino and the enemy could fire at us so easily,” he said. “Somehow, the Polish army managed to get around and get up the hill.”

Enemy forces fired on Rhind and his fellow soldiers from a pristine monastery atop a large hill. The veteran said the destruction of the monastery was “a great trag-

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Second World War veteran John (Jack) A. Rhind talks to students at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School on Monday.

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Many of his most dangerous moments came when he served as a forward observation officer, or FOO, and had to advance ahead of the heavy guns to point out to artillery men where the enemy was.

Even when they managed to advance, Rhind’s unit faced huge obstacles.

As their enemies retreated, they blew up bridges, making the Allied advance even more difficult. The challenges they faced flew in the face of the

“The soft underbelly turned out to be a really tough place to fight,” he said.

He urged the students of Our Lady of Perpetual Help not to forget the sacrifices made by those who have risked – and too often, lost – their lives while serving.

“There were over 100,000 Canadians killed in the Great Wars and we mustn’t forget the more recent wars in Korea and Afghanistan,” he told the students. “Kids just like you saw their fathers and brothers go off, said goodbye to them and never saw them again.”

The camaraderie while on the front lines, he pointed

out, saved many a soldier’s life. Left in charge of 35 men from all walks of life, some of whom had served in the First World War, he admitted to sometimes feeling a tinge of resentment from those under his command until they were deployed, but that quickly changed once they were in combat.

“Once we got into action, we bonded very closely,” he said. “You had to get along because you depended so much on the other guy.”

Following the war, Rhind went on to a successful career, eventually becoming president and later chair of the National Life Assurance Co m p a n y a n d C E O o f Confederation Life.

He has recounted his story in a memoir, titled For the Record, which is available online at www.myfamilymemoirs.com

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e’ve said it before, that if you’re unsatisfied with something or desire change in this city, you need to speak up. But better than that, the best way to effect change is to do it with a united front. There’s strength in numbers, but also strength in shared experiences and resources. This week we’ve seen great examples of that in stories we’ve covered.

In Parkdale, the Ossington BIA – the city’s newest BIA – recently became official, in choosing its first board members. The BIA formed after business owners saw a need to manage the transformation of the Ossington strip and mitigate relations with residents and area developers.

In another show of productive collaboration, transit advocacy groups and the airport worker’s union rallied together in order to push for affordable fares on the upcoming Union-Pearson air rail link. In forming the Our Union Pearson Coalition, the group offers a collective point of view, backed by the voices and experience of our view thousands.

On Monday evening, a group called (Why Should I Effect change Care?) WSIC based out of North York through shared held a forum on transit and urban planning. Motivated by experiences the desire to engage and inform, the group hosts public meetings like this to spur discussion and show citizens why municipal affairs matter to them.

And in Etobicoke, Glen Agar residents concerned about the intensification of development in their neighbourhood banded together and formed a new ratepayer’s association.

“We must have a say in the decisions that affect our neighbourhood,” reads their mandate. “No politician or city staffer has a more vested interest in how our community is growing and shaping than each and every one of us.”

Where groups can learn from each other, share best practices and experiences is where issues will be most effectively resolved.

Discover who shares that common interest or has an investment in your area and bring everyone to the table to make the most impact. BIAs can assist resident associations.

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Tory must speak firmly to feds about city’s transit needs During the election campaign, John Tory repeatedly said he would “shame” other levels of government into paying for big-ticket items beyond the scope of the property tax base.

Specifically, things like housing and transit.

Just a few weeks following the election, Mayorelect Tory seems to be waffling.

Disappointing When asked Monday whether he would turn transit into an election issue in the looming federal election, Tory chuckled.

After having finished a municipal election, he joked, “the last thought I have is getting involved in another one.”

It’s a disappointing note in what had been a hopeful tune: namely, that Tory, with his Rolodex full of contacts and relationships, might be the city’s most effective advocate when dealing with other levels of

david nickle the city government.

Surely the best time to bring that advocacy to a government is as it heads into an election and therefore has the most at stake.

That Tory seems unwilling to do so is puzzling.

A benign explanation might be that he simply doesn’t wish to be seen following the Toronto Transit Commission’s union leadership, who made the call earlier Monday as it released a report indicating the poverty of our transit system and the need for federal and provincial investment.

But the theory advanced by failed candidate Doug Ford – that Tory’s relationships are as much a constraint as they are an advantage – is another explanation.

Tory’s candidacy was endorsed by sitting politi-

cians of both Liberal and Conservative persuasion.

Taking a firm stance in the context of an election involving the careers of those politicians, after they’d been so kind ... well, it’s just bad manners.

Hopefully Tory’s reticence to bring up awkward truths with old friends, particularly in concert with natural opponents like the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113, is a temporary thing.

Hard talk Because it is going to take some hard talk, either publicly or privately, to engage the current federal government on municipal issues to any degree.

Left to his own devices, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is more likely to fight the coming election on tax policy and the country’s new military adventure against ISIS. Municipal matters are outside of the federal government’s

wheelhouse as a rule, and they’ll stay that way unless municipalities make some noise. That noise need not be confrontational.

Polite Former mayor David Miller negotiated significant improvements in financing and governance with both former premier Dalton McGuinty and former prime minister Paul Martin.

Miller was polite about it, but by no means silent.

Tory needs to find his own voice, speaking firmly about Toronto’s unmet needs, and assigning responsibility for the fulfillment of those needs correctly, with the governments who have the greatest capacity to raise and disperse funds. He needs to make them aware of the shame inherent in failure to do so.

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Little Italy filmmaker looks at ‘The Secret life of Pigeons’ JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Though they’re often overlooked when they’re not being seen as a nuisance or as scavengers, pigeons have a long and storied role in human history.

Documentary filmmaker and Little Italy resident Scott Harper’s latest work, The Secret Life of Pigeons,

rebuffs common assumptions about the largely urban bird, pointing out they are far more than – as Hollywood director Woody Allen famously called them – “rats with wings.”

“Their reputation is completely inaccurate,” Harper said of the much-maligned creature. “They’re seen as dim-witted, but they’re actually really smart.

They’re seen as dirty, but they’re really clean. They don’t spread disease as fast as other animals, even dogs and cats.”

Pigeons are now being used in scientific research surrounding Alzheimer’s disease.

“They encode spatial information the same way we do and as they age, they lose it the same way we do,”

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Harper said.

While pigeons are seen by many as vermin and are often forced to scavenge for food, some people still take the time to feed the citydwelling birds.

While that helps them survive in the short term, Harper noted that feeding them prevents the population from stabilizing naturally.

Harper got his start in news and current affairs production before striking out on his own to work on documentaries.

Through his production company, Sunday Night Entertainment, he has created a long list of documentaries, including the award-winning Lost Adventures of Childhood, which highlights the dwindling freedom afforded children at play.

“That’s probably the one I’m most proud of,” he said. “I didn’t have a lot of team (members) around me, so I did pretty much every aspect of that film.

conversation people care about.

“You can tell whether something’s going to work based on their reaction when you tell them what you’re working on at the dinner table,” the filmmaker said.

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Documentary filmmaker Scott Harper is promoting his new production, The Secret Life of Pigeons, which airs on The Nature of Things, Nov. 20 on the CBC.

It caught on a little bit and still sells a little bit.”

His documentary The Age of Anxiety also won an award, earning the Banff Rockie Award 2013 for Best Social Documentary.

Harper noted that awards and acclaim serve notice that the topic he has chosen and the way he tells the story helps him either create or push forward a

Harper is now working on Clara’s Big Ride, which follows Olympian Clara Hughes on her cross-country tour to speak and raise awareness about mental health. In the meantime, however, he is looking forward to seeing the reaction to The Secret Life of Pigeons.

“It’s kind of a great underdog story mixed with something we all see, even if we don’t notice it, in our lives every day,” he said.

The Secret Life of Pigeons will air on The Nature of Things at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20 on CBC.

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Commercials will also appear on YouTube site >>>from page 1 but there’s room for 45.”

There will also be additional spots that will air in movie theatres and online, making for a total of 50 different videos. Together, they represent the SickKids Foundation’s most ambitious digital project ever.

While most of the commercials will only run for one day, some will air over a twoweek span. The daily videos can also be viewed on the SickKids Foundation’s website and the hospital’s YouTube channel, with a new one uploaded each day.

They showcase the work being done in all areas of the hospital and are set to the song ‘Fix You’ by Coldplay.

“By the end of the campaign, we’ll have a mosaic of stories on the site, almost like a quilt more than 40 stories long,” Estok said.

Desiree Lacourciere, whose son Taylum Lamoureux has been at SickKids since shortly after he was born, was happy to be able to help out with the campaign. Taylum was diagnosed with polycystic

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Taylum Lamoureux, reading with his mother Desiree, has been a SickKids patient virtually since he was born 19 months ago, having been diagnosed with kidney disease.

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“We were told Taylum’s chances of survival when he was first born were very slim,” Lacourciere said. “We were told it was very possible he wouldn’t survive his first week. The fact that he’s still here is a testament to SickKids and I would do anything for them.”

As part of the campaign, the SickKids Foundation is also embracing social media, encouraging people to #giveaday and donate the money they would have typically spent on a nice meal, a round of golf or another activity to help improve the lives of children battling illness.

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O u r Un i o n Pe a r s o n of the line. In recent months Coalition is planning a series Metrolinx officials have pubof rallies and canvassing licly stated there’s room for events until Dec. 11, when “alternative” pricing.

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The coalition includes the Toronto Airport Council of Unions and the Clean Train Coalition. Other members include Social Planning Toronto and the Greater Toronto Workers Assembly.

A petition created by the group calling for lower UP fares and directed at the Ontario government and Premier Kathleen Wynne has already received more than 700 signatures as of Tuesday evening.

Metrolinx spokesperson Malon Edwards could not comment on whether there are any plans for the public transit planning agency to host a meeting with Pearson workers before Dec. 11.

While reiterating no final decision has yet been made on how much UP will cost, Edwards said Metrolinx was examining a number of “key factors” in finalizing the fare structure.

“The fare for UP Express has not been finalized, but we are looking at a number of key factors, including fare-by-distance (different fares from Union, Bloor and Weston stations), variable pricing for families, children and frequent users including airport employees as well as determining the right balance between how much people who use the service should pay for its operating costs and how much should be paid by a government subsidy provided by all taxpayers,” said Edwards in an email this week.

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Elsaida Douglas and Reverend Michael Blair at the official reopening and dedication of the Regent Park Peace Garden Tuesday.

Garden provides immeasurable relief: mother >>>from page 1 hood as far back as 1995, many of whom lost children to such incidents.

Fuelled with the desire to effect change, they pushed for – and eventually spearheaded the creation of – a small green space behind a Toronto Community Housing property at 605 Whiteside Place.

That space, which first opened in 2005, was removed to make way for a road in 2011, with no replacement cropping up in the community until this year, when the CRC dedicated the space to the project.

Elsaida Douglas, who cofounded The Dreamers with some friends and first came up with the idea for the Peace Garden, was thrilled to have

the concept return.

“I said back then (in 2005) we have to have a memorial garden in Regent Park,” she said. “There was too much violence in the community and too much pain.”

She added, from the time it first opened in 2005, the Peace Garden has provided her with immeasurable relief.

“It meant a lot to be able to walk in the Peace Garden. It took a load off your shoulders,” she said. “There was nobody there, but you could talk and feel like you were talking to whoever you wanted to.”

D o u g l a s’ ow n s o n , Cleamart, was the victim of gun violence in 2001. While the Peace Garden holds special significance for her, she said the suffering brought on

by violence is felt by all.

“As a mother, every time you heard another child dies due to violence or accident, you feel that pain,” she said.

Dorothy Johnson, another founding member of The Dreamers, lost her daughter to violence 15 years ago.

When Douglas raised the idea of starting a Peace Garden in Regent Park, she was happy to get on board.

“It can give you moments when you think about things like (violence), but it’s an important place,” she said.

“I hope it shows young people there’s a different lifestyle to live.”

Rev. Michael Blair, who dedicated the first Peace Garden, was on hand to dedicate the renewed version.

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